Happy Fastnacht!

The season goes by many names. Shrovetide in the larger English-speaking world, Carnival or Carnevale in large parts of southern Europe and Central and South America , Karneval in the Rhineland, Fasching in Austria and here in Bavaria where I live, Mardi Gras in parts of the American South, Fastnacht in Alemannic German-speaking Europe andContinue reading “Happy Fastnacht!”